2020 Northern Cypriot presidential election

Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Northern Cyprus on 11 October 2020. They were originally scheduled to take place on 26 April 2020,[1] but they were postponed in March 2020 for six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Cyprus.[2]

2020 Northern Cypriot presidential election
11 October 2020
President before election

Mustafa Akıncı
independent

 Elected President

TBD

Electoral system

The President of Northern Cyprus is elected using the two-round system.[3] If no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, a second will be held between the top two candidates.

Candidates

Declared candidates include:

Opinion polling

First round
Polling firm Date Sample size Akıncı
TDP		 Tatar
UBP		 Erhürman
CTP		 Özersay
HP		 Others
 Lead
Gezici 8–10 February 2020 4,428 29.3 32.6 17.4 - 29.7 3.3
Gezici 11–13 January 2020 3,264[6] 28.8 34.2 17.4 8.3 14.2 5.4
Gezici December 2019 – 28.2 33.9 19.7 10.5 7.7 5.7

Second round
Polling firm Date Sample size Akıncı
TDP		 Tatar
UBP		 Lead
Gezici 8–10 February 2020 4,428 46.9 53.1 6.2
Gezici 11–13 January 2020 3,264[6] 47.5 52.5 5.0
Gezici December 2019 – 45.4 54.6 9.2

References
  1. KKTC'de cumhurbaşkanlığı seçim yarışı hız kazanıyor Anadolu Ajansı, 06 February 2020
  2. KKTC’de Cumhurbaşkanlığı seçimleri 6 ay erteleniyor CNN Turkish, 17 March 2020
  3. Election for President IFES
  4. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/top-diplomat-to-run-for-2020-turkish-cypriot-presidency-150794
  5. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/politics/turkish-cypriot-premier-to-seek-presidency/1706831
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